Improvement in broom-handle sockets



H. ANDERSON 8.1. F. HOUGHTUN.

Broom-Handle Sockets.

Patented March 10,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

HENRY ANDERSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND JAMES F. IIOUGIITON, ()FSAURAMENTO; SAID IIOUGIITON ASSIGXOR TO SAID ANDERSON, AND SAID ANDERSONASSIGNOR OF USE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOII) .3. R0];

INSOX, ()l! VALLEJI), CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOM-HANDLE SOCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148.278, dated March10, 1874; application filed May 15, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

to it known that we, HENRY ANDERSON, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, and James F. .IIOITGIITUN, of the city of Sacramento, Stateof California, have invented certain Improvements in Broom-HamlleSockets, of which the following is a specification:

()ur invention consists essentially of a socket for detachable brooms,made tapering for adjustment by compression onto prepared tapered endsof broom-handles, such socket being also provided with a hole or holesfor securing it in position onto an attachment of a broom-machine, topand bottom flanges for strengtheningpurposes, and looseoriixed nails forordinary bimlingwire to bind the broomeorn; the olriectotour inventionbeing to make sockets, on which brooms can be mainlfactnrcd, :uljustableto broonnhamlles especially prepared to receive them, and thus allow ofsuch manufactured brooms and their handles being separately packed forthe purpose oishipment in a much smaller space than that of ordinarybrooms at present in use, as well as admit of the replacement of thehandles in the event of breakage of the same.

Figure l is a perspective view of a socket embodying our invention. Fi 2is a view of a portion ot'a broom, showing the manner in which it istitted onto a socket embodying our invention.

\v'ith reference to Figs. 1. aml 2, S S is the socket embodying ourinvention, which is constructed of sheet tin, zine, iron, or anysuitable material, and is made of a taper form, so as to tit bycompression onto an ordinary broom-handle, ii, that has been tapered atone end expressly to receive it, aml is held tightly in place by theadhesion of the tapered parts thus forcibly brought into contact. ()nthe periphery of this socket, nails N N T stick outward, either fastenedto it or placed loosely into holes especially provided, so as to allowot' the attachment thereto of bimling-wire, '11, for securing brtmm-eornsprigs in their place during the construction of a broom. At the bottomot the socket a rim or flange, F, is made, which may be provided withwings \V \Y, for giving a better shape to the broom l3, manufacturedthereon by spreading out the broonrcorn; and at the top another rim, It,is formed by simply doubling over the material, so as to strengthen thispart and prevent breakage when the tapered end of a broom-handle isdriven in. At convenient places on the socket a hole or holes, it, areprovided, for fixing it onto a taper mandrel with sliding spring[Iii'tt'illliLllI titted to a brooin-machine.

In inamitiicturing these detachable brooms, the corn sprigs are placedalong this socket S S after the manner usually adopted with woodenhandles employed for the same purpose, the socket being held in abroom-machine in place of the wooden handle. The wire 1c, for stringingthis corn on, is then secared to the iirst bottom nail or nails, X,which are turned down over the material thus strung on, as shown in Fig.2, and so on till the last tier of corn has been arranged in its place,when the nail or nails X, forming the second row, are turned downwardtoward the tlange F, over the first enter finishing wire coil 0, andburied in the corn spri s; aml, lastly, the third set, T, are treated ina similar manner over the wire coil c, thus completing the broom.

By these arrangements broom-llandles and brooms thus prepared with thesesocket attachmcnts can be separately stowed away without fear ofbreakage, in a much smaller space than that occupied by brooms ingeneral use; also, when a broom has its handle broken, it is notnecessary to throw away the whole broom, as is now generally the case,but simply to release the broken handle and adjust a fresh one, aspreviously explained, and the broom is then as serviceable as before.

'1: do not claim the mode of attachment of the inoom-corn sprigs by thewire 20, nor do we claim all kinds of socket, as we are aware that theintroduction of a socket on a ferrule to a broom is not new; but

\Ve claim as our invention The tapering socket S h, provided with aflange, 1+, rim It, loose or tixcd nails or pins N N T, and a hoie orholes, II, as described, in combination with a broom, I and bindingwirea, substantially as and for the purpose spcciiied.

HEJRY ANDERSON.

\Vitnesses: JAMES F. HUUGHTON.

Amman U. CRANE, A. C. FREEMAN.

